Conowingo Birds and Chili

Les Eastman (les_eastman@netfox.net)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 17:19:06 -0500


I want to thank everyone who came on the field trip today.  I enjoyed
meeting the new ones and seeing the repeaters again.

For those who didn't come, we had a beautiful day and the birds were
pretty good, too, although we had a few no-shows like the Lesser
Black-backed Gull, Peregrin Falcon and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Here
is my tally.  Some of the birds I heard but didn't really point out. If
anyone has any to add, let me know.  I came up with 48 species:

 PIED-BILLED GREBE             
 HORNED GREBE                  
 GREAT BLUE HERON              
 TUNDRA SWAN       
 TRUMPETER SWAN
 CANADA GOOSE                  
 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK           
 MALLARD                       
 NORTHERN SHOVELER             
 GADWALL                       
 AMERICAN WIGEON               
 CANVASBACK                    
 REDHEAD                       
 RING-NECKED DUCK              
 LESSER SCAUP                  
 COMMON GOLDENEYE              
 BUFFLEHEAD                    
 HOODED MERGANSER              
 COMMON MERGANSER              
 RUDDY DUCK                    
 BLACK VULTURE                 
 TURKEY VULTURE                
 BALD EAGLE                    
 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK            
 RED-TAILED HAWK               
 AMERICAN COOT                 
 BONAPARTE'S GULL              
 RING-BILLED GULL              
 HERRING GULL                  
 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL       
 ROCK DOVE                     
 MOURNING DOVE                 
 BELTED KINGFISHER             
 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER         
 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER        
 DOWNY WOODPECKER              
 BLUE JAY                      
 AMERICAN CROW                 
 CAROLINA CHICKADEE            
 TUFTED TITMOUSE               
 CAROLINA WREN                 
 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET        
 EASTERN BLUEBIRD              
 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD          
 EUROPEAN STARLING             
 SONG SPARROW                  
 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW        
 DARK-EYED JUNCO 
 COMMON GRACKLE                

Not bad considering that we basically ignored the landbirds.

Les

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Les Eastman
les_eastman@netfox.net
Havre de Grace, MD
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